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India Must End Racial Discrimination Against Rohingya, Cease Forced Deportation And Arbitrary Detention, UN Committee
Wednesday, 3 July 2024, 4:14 am | OHCHR
The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) on Tuesday called on India to end the arbitrary detention of Rohingya who fled Myanmar to India and refrain from forcible deportation and returns to Myanmar. More >>
Myanmar: New Report Urges Robust Support For Women, Girls And LGBT People In Post-coup Myanmar
Wednesday, 3 July 2024, 4:06 am | OHCHR
The report describes threats to the economic, social, and cultural rights of women, girls, and LGBT people, including loss of economic independence, shrinking access to education and health care, and impacts of protracted displacement. More >>
Comment By UN Human Rights Spokesperson Thameen Al-Kheetan On Convictions Of Environmental Activists In Cambodia
Wednesday, 3 July 2024, 4:01 am | OHCHR
The increasing use by Cambodian authorities of lèse majesté and other articles of Cambodia’s criminal code to penalise the exercise of human rights is deeply worrying. More >>
Torture Allegations Continue In Syria Despite ICJ Order: UN Expert
Tuesday, 2 July 2024, 4:06 am | OHCHR
Syria must implement the provisional measures ordered by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) and take action to eradicate all forms of torture and ill-treatment in the country, a UN expert said today. More >>
UN Torture Prevention Body Announces Visits For 2025 And Adopts General Comment
Tuesday, 2 July 2024, 4:01 am | OHCHR
The UN Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture (SPT) has announced plans to visit Afghanistan, Burundi, France, and Mexico in the first half of 2025, and confirmed upcoming visits to Bolivia, Nigeria, Greece, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo in the second ... More >>
Myanmar: UN Expert Spotlights Role Of Foreign Banks In Facilitating Probable War Crimes & Crimes Against Humanity
Friday, 28 June 2024, 2:03 pm | OHCHR
Foreign banks are facilitating the Myanmar military junta’s access to weapons and related materials that are sustaining its campaign of violence and brutality against the people of Myanmar, according to a new report released today by Tom Andrews. More >>
Peru: UN Committee Alarmed By Draft Bill Establishing A Statute Of Limitations On Crimes Against Humanity And War Crimes
Thursday, 27 June 2024, 4:11 am | OHCHR
“The Committee on Enforced Disappearances expresses its grave concern about the draft law submitted to the Peruvian Congress, which provides that no one may be prosecuted, convicted, or punished for crimes against humanity or war crimes committed before ... More >>
Using Starvation As A Weapon Of War In Sudan Must Stop: UN Experts
Thursday, 27 June 2024, 3:59 am | OHCHR
Over 25 million civilians in Sudan and fleeing Sudan are being starved and require urgent humanitarian assistance because of the war between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and Rapid Support Forces (RSF). More >>
UN Special Committee On Israeli Practices In Occupied Territories Concludes Field Mission
Wednesday, 26 June 2024, 4:08 am | OHCHR
“Security personnel publicly and shamelessly share photos on social media platforms that violate the privacy and intimate sphere of Palestinian women, aimed at mocking, shaming and humiliating them,” the Special Committee said in an end of mission ... More >>
States And Companies Must End Arms Transfers To Israel Immediately Or Risk Responsibility For Human Rights Violations
Friday, 21 June 2024, 4:11 am | OHCHR
The transfer of weapons and ammunition to Israel may constitute serious violations of human rights and international humanitarian laws and risk State complicity in international crimes, possibly including genocide, UN experts said today, reiterating ... More >>
Haiti: Soaring Number Of Displaced Desperately Need Protection And Aid Priority, UN Experts Urge
Friday, 21 June 2024, 4:03 am | OHCHR
UN experts said today Haiti’s escalating gang violence and political instability have forced a record 578,074 internal displacements in 2024 including over 310,000 women and girls and 180,000 children, more than double the figure from 2022. More >>
UN Committee On Migrant Workers Publishes Findings On Congo, Senegal And Türkiye
Thursday, 20 June 2024, 4:07 am | OHCHR
The UN Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families (CMW) today issued its findings on the Republic of the Congo, Senegal and Türkiye. More >>
International Day For The Elimination Of Sexual Violence In Conflict Statement By Radhouane Nouicer
Thursday, 20 June 2024, 3:59 am | OHCHR
Amidst the harrowing reports of conflict-related sexual violence (CRSV) in Sudan, this year marks the 10th commemoration of the International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict, on 19 June, with a focus on healthcare. More >>
56th Session Of The Human Rights Council - Statement On Myanmar By Volker Türk, UN High Commissioner For Human Rights
Wednesday, 19 June 2024, 4:20 am | OHCHR
Myanmar is in agonizing pain. And the disintegration of human rights continues at breakneck speed. This is a crisis emblematic of a decades-long legacy of military domination, the stifling of dissent, and division. More >>
Afghanistan: “All Tools” Approach Needed To End Systematic Gender Oppression, Says UN Expert
Wednesday, 19 June 2024, 4:10 am | OHCHR
The Taliban’s pattern of systematic violations of women’s and girls’ fundamental rights has intensified, causing immense harm, spanning generations and all elements of society in Afghanistan, a UN expert said today. More >>
Global Update 56th Session Of The Human Rights Council - “We Must Urgently Find Our Way Back To Peace,” Says Türk
Wednesday, 19 June 2024, 4:01 am | OHCHR
The situation in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, is dramatically deteriorating. As of 15 June, 528 Palestinians, 133 of them children, had been killed by Israeli security forces and/or settlers since October, in many cases raising serious concerns ... More >>
(1) Yemen Detentions; (2) Ethiopia Report; (3) New UN Human Rights Report On Transnational Female Genital Mutilation
Saturday, 15 June 2024, 4:58 am | OHCHR
Geneva 14 June 2024 (1) Yemen detentions It has now been a week since six of our staff, among 13 UN personnel, were taken by the de facto authorities from their homes in the Yemeni cities of Sanaa, Hudaydah and Hajjah. Two of them are women. A number ... More >>
Comment By UN Human Rights Office Spokesperson Liz Throssell On Afghanistan
Friday, 14 June 2024, 4:19 am | OHCHR
In the latest step taken to disempower women in Afghanistan, the de facto authorities have told women civil servants barred from going to work that their salaries would now be cut to the lowest level regardless of their experience or qualifications. More >>
Spokesperson For The UN High Commissioner For Human Rights: Jeremy Laurence
Wednesday, 12 June 2024, 4:56 am | OHCHR
The High Commissioner calls on all parties as well as third States, in particular those with influence over the parties to the conflict, to also maximise efforts to work towards the goal whereby Israelis and Palestinians can fully enjoy all human ... More >>
Comment By UN High Commissioner For Human Rights Volker Türk On Detention Of Staff In Yemen
Wednesday, 12 June 2024, 3:59 am | OHCHR
The UN Human Rights Office has been working in Yemen since 2012, for the promotion and protection of the rights of all the people of Yemen, including through engagement with the de facto authorities. More >>
